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Korean war drama supposedly with its roots in reality that's a mix of character study and tribute to the US Navy and their supporting role in that war rather than an action adventure, but does incorporate a little of the latter, and is generally well enough delivered to maintain interest.
Though rather brief in terms of action what there is is staged quite nicely whilst the highlight of the film is for me the excellent aerial work dotted throughout. Though the story isn't particularly involved and the script fairly mediocre in places, the acting is decent (especially William Holden's restrained portrayal of a man in conflict in conflict) and events are mostly paced reasonably well with just the onshore segment dragging a little imo.
Tonally the film is a little mixed with Mickey Rooney's character (perhaps unsurprisingly) bringing a little offbeat light-heartedness to proceedings, but for the most part it works ok (though for me the closing tribute speech is a little overly cloying - that the film precedes it with a more realistic climax than is often the case in such affairs is however very much to its credit).
The Bridges At Toko-Ri is a reasonable watch that captures some lovely shots of the air-arm of the US Navy in action and as such I'm happy to give it a +
The Bridges At Toko-Ri
Mark Robson
1954
Mark Robson
1954
Korean war drama supposedly with its roots in reality that's a mix of character study and tribute to the US Navy and their supporting role in that war rather than an action adventure, but does incorporate a little of the latter, and is generally well enough delivered to maintain interest.
Though rather brief in terms of action what there is is staged quite nicely whilst the highlight of the film is for me the excellent aerial work dotted throughout. Though the story isn't particularly involved and the script fairly mediocre in places, the acting is decent (especially William Holden's restrained portrayal of a man in conflict in conflict) and events are mostly paced reasonably well with just the onshore segment dragging a little imo.
Tonally the film is a little mixed with Mickey Rooney's character (perhaps unsurprisingly) bringing a little offbeat light-heartedness to proceedings, but for the most part it works ok (though for me the closing tribute speech is a little overly cloying - that the film precedes it with a more realistic climax than is often the case in such affairs is however very much to its credit).
The Bridges At Toko-Ri is a reasonable watch that captures some lovely shots of the air-arm of the US Navy in action and as such I'm happy to give it a +